SOC 43-5053 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators Salary in Dallas, TX

The average salary for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in Dallas, Texas is $57,690 a year ($27.74 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $56,390: half of the 3,850 people in this job in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. metro average for this job ($59,352).

$57,690average per year

$27.74 / hourMedian $56,390Take-home ≈ $48,534

  • $40K10th
  • $46K25th
  • $56KMedian
  • $75K75th
  • $75K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

3,850people in this job
-3%vs U.S. metro average
#10 of 12Texas metros
103cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators pay range in Dallas

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $39,560 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,280 or more. The middle half of postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in Dallas earn between $45,530 and $75,030.

  • $40K10th
  • $46K25th
  • $56KMedian
  • $75K75th
  • $75K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$57,690$4,808$27.74
Median$56,390$4,699$27.11
Entry level (25th percentile)$45,530$3,794$21.89
Experienced (75th percentile)$75,030$6,252$36.07

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators salary after taxes in Dallas

On the average salary of $57,690, a single filer in Dallas takes home about $48,534 a year, or $4,044 a month and $1,867 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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Is Dallas a good place for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Dallas area are 3% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.1), so the average $57,690 buys what about $55,961 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Dallas ($51,440). A typical home costs $366,823, or 6.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators salary in other Texas cities

Dallas ranks 10th of 12 Texas metro areas for this job; McAllen pays the most ($62,430).

All Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators salaries in Texas

Highest-paying cities for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

Erie, PA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($66,250).

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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators salary in Dallas: questions

How much do postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators make an hour in Dallas?

$27.74 an hour on average, and $27.11 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators salary in Dallas?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $39,560 a year and the 25th percentile is $45,530, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators take-home pay in Dallas?

About $48,534 a year ($4,044 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $57,690. Texas has no state income tax.

Do postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators earn more in Dallas than elsewhere?

The average here is about the same as the U.S. metro average for this job ($59,352).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 43-5053; area Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (19100). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 0.0%.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 1.41, this job is 1.4 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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